BB21: Field Trip & Nominations Show Blog Party - August 11

Come one, come all! It's time for a field trip! I'll be live blogging the major events as they air here on the East Coast. Since I'll be constantly updating this post, please refresh to see the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please feel free to join in on the fun.

Remember, this show post is a SPOILER FREE ZONE. While we know the outcome of the PoV, it will not be airing on tonight's show. Any comments pertaining to it will be removed. Thank you!

Previously on … yada-yada-yada …

"A new twist will send Tommy's HOH upside-down." That, of course, would be the field trip.

We pick up the action after Tommy wins HoH … on his birthday. He tells us that the Six Shooters will come back together. I would call them the Faulty Five if that happens. Jess is pleased that she got Jack out and that the six broke up. She hopes they don't try to get back together.

Christie is thrilled by Tommy winning. She thinks the Universe rewarded loyalty. Gag me now. Cliff talks with his gals, hopes he can count on them. He thinks he and Jackson will probably go on the block.

Kat is worried because Tommy tried to get the vote flipped the week she and Sam were on the block. Holly and Jackson think that Tommy shouldn't stay aligned with Christie. No one in the house is aware that Tommy and Christie have known each other for a decade or so. Tommy tells Jackson that he thinks the Six Shooters should come together. Jackson tells us he's not real happy with that, but it's Tommy's HoH.

Christie goes to Tommy's HOH room, cocky because she's sure she's safe. He tells her that he would like Kat and Cliff on the block. Christie thinks Kat is dangerous but close with Holly. Tommy tells her he might even take Cliff down and put Nicole up just to make sure Kat goes home.

Cliff goes to plead his case to stay off the block. He tells Tommy he has no alliance and is working by himself. Tommy promises him that if he does go on the block, he's not the target. Tommy wants to keep the door open to work with Cliff sometime down the road.

Kat is very worried and, at this moment, is being consoled by Jackson. She goes to talk to Tommy. Love, love all around. @@  She tells him that she would never put him up on the block and would never hurt his game. She tells us that's a lie. Tommy tells her he's not telling anyone what he's going to do. He denies that the Six are getting back together. She can tell he's lying. 

America's Field Trip is announced and they run to the living room monitor. They were told America has been voting and explain the "prizes." Jackson, Analyse and Christie "win." Of course, the prizes are 1. safety for the week, 2. punishment, 3. third nomination.

Jackson recognizes it's more of a hit list of people not liked. Christie is in tears because she thinks it's something people who LOVE her wouldn't pick. 

Analyse offers to Tommy to throw the comp so that Christie would stay. Tommy told her no but said to us that it might be for the best. Christie comes in and Analyse offers to throw it. Tommy tells her it's a good idea and if Christie sits on the block, they might just take a shot at her.

The ones not on the field trip watch on the living room monitor. It's the getting an egg up through the chicken wire, then down a ramp. Egscape the Coop. Angry chickens are atop the cages. We've seen this comp before. They have to spell out SAFE with four eggs they retrieve. Analyse tells us she plans to throw the comp so Christie won't go on the block. Jackson wants to win it and wants Christie to go on the block.

They talk about America hating them. Analyse doesn't think they could hate her because she "barely talks." I'm sure she was the alternate, mainly due to her connection with Jack. With Jack and Tommy getting votes and not eligible, she was next.

Jackson wins the safety! Christie is doing so poorly that there's no way Analyse could throw it without everyone realizing it.

Analyse comes in second and gets the punishment. Christie is the third nomination!

So … she cries at us in a DR segment. She's starting think America hates her. Aw, poor baby. I don't "hate" her. I just want her out of the house. I find her very annoying and think the Tommy real life connection is unfair to the rest of the house, should never have happened.

Tommy tells them it's not because America hates them. Jackson disagrees. Christie cries some more. Kat is thrilled Christie is up on the block. 

Just about everyone but Tommy and Christie are happy she's on the block. Amalyse told Tommy she really tried but it would have been so obvious. Christie comes in and cries to them. Nick comes in and tells Christie if he wins the veto, he would save her.

Amalyse gets called to the DR for her punishment. She's in a chicken costume for a week. Nicole is scared of birds, so they play up on that.

Kat goes to Tommy with a deal -- she points out that if Christie remains on the block, she'd be a vote for her to stay. She tells us it's a big maybe, probably not. Tommy again says he doesn't know what he's going to do.  

Time for the nominations ceremony. Tommy first nominates Cliff, then Kat. He says he's sorry and fears they have good working relationships with everyone in the house, go for the veto.

So we have Kat, Cliff and Christie on the block. 

BB21: Live Feeds PoV Bulletin - Saturday, August 10

Most of the day before the feeds got blocked for the veto competition were consumed by Christie's drama and crying. I just can't write up a report on then.

The veto comp is over and the feeds are back.

Tommy won the veto. There goes my joy.

BB21: Live Feeds into Friday Night, Noms - August 9

Why the long face, Christie?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Triple Tripsters:

• Three were voted to go on the field trip. They thought it a good thing.
• Three prizes were awarded. One was safe from the block. One was a costume punishment. One was a nomination for eviction in addition to the two Tommy will choose.
• Jackson won the field trip comp. So, he's safe for the week.
• No big deal as he already was safe with Tommy as HoH.
• Analyse was second in the comp, so she gets the costume. We all know she's not the brightest bulb in the pack, so being a dumb cluck is just about right for her.
• Christie did the worst in the comp. Oopsie! She's a third nomination this week!
• The ones remaining in the house were able to watch the comp on the living room monitor.
• They know the comp was an America Votes thing.
• Most are thinking it was popularity.
• Tommy seems to realize that it was more along the lines of who's not liked by America. With Jack out of the running, Tommy seems to understand the only reason he wasn't in the comp is due to being HoH.
• Yet, he did go through with his planned Kat/Cliff nominations (with Kat being the target).
• Now, earlier ha had been telling Cliff he'd take him down, that he's up as a pawn and all.
• But all that has changed.
• He's now telling Christie he'll take her down if he wins the veto.
• Christie is rotating between being slightly manic to being teary.
• Then she pretends to be stoic.
• When it comes to drawing for veto players, Christie will NOT get a chance to draw a chip.
• Much will depend on the veto and if the three remain on the block as they are.
• On what I thought of as a funny note -- Nicole, Holly and Jackson were together in a room. Jackson started attacking Holly with what she called his "crab toes" grip. Um, those might not be the only crabs, Holly? (No one else in the HoH has had mysterious rashes on their thighs and back.)

Keeps sliding through the cracks

Knew Analyse was a dumb cluck ...

Maxwell Smart ain't got nuthin' 

on Holly's foot phone

BB21: Live Feeds Field Trip Bulletin - August 9

The live feeds were blocked for about seven hours as the field trip "winners" had their competition. Remember, one will be safe for a week, one gets a punishment and one gets to be a third nomination this week. I believe it goes by order of winning.

Guess who's the third nomination? CHRISTIE

Yep, it's what we wished for! 

Jackson won the week's safety while Analyse will have the punishment costume (not in it as of yet).

Tommy still wants Kat to be evicted. Actual nominations have yet to be made.

BB21: Live Feeds into Friday - August 9

The health hazard remains in the house

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of One Jack Down:

• Before I get into the live feeds, a few things first. 
• Number 1: If you haven't voted yet, go vote. Vote for Christie, Jackson and whomever you do NOT like. Yes, one of the three with the most amount of votes will get safety. But one will be a third nomination, the other will have a punishment. It's NOT a vote for who you like the most! The three will have to compete in a comp. The winner of that comp gets the safety. You do not need All Access to vote, but do need to register an account at CBS.com for tracking votes purposes.
• Number 2: While you're at the site, check out the extended interview with Julie and Jack. I don't think you need All Access for it. If you do, scout about online for it. While it's not as confrontational as the one on the show, the goodbye messages are interesting. It also caught my interest how many times Jack called Jackson "Jackson" and then corrected to "Michie." That's something the show has pushed because they thought either we or the hamsters were too dumb to tell the difference!
• Number 3: In reference to Jack's interview with Julie on the show, I personally think he was warned or even coached ahead of time. And, it seemed like his story about rice pudding is a lie. I never saw the conversation he talked about, but I don't see everything on the live feeds. The internet has scouted the previous conversations from that day and no discussion of rice and slop pudding exists on the feeds. The only discussion found that talks of pudding and slop didn't include Jack.
• Okay, now to our regularly scheduled live feeds talk …
• For the record, I think Tommy is the first (and worst) costumed HoH winner. He isn't getting relief from it and I believe he won't get out of it until after/during the veto comp.
• Poor baby.
• Heh.
• While the feeds were blocked yesterday, each hamster had two trial practice runs in the comps. From what they said, the times during those practices were nowhere near as close as the ones in the televised comp.
• As I mentioned before, Tommy really didn't want this HoH (or any to this point). It's putting him on the spot and getting blood on his hands.
• Poor baby.
• Nick told Tommy he threw the comp because he didn't know what to do with an HoH this week.
• Kat, feeling that Tommy might target her, ran to Tommy with all kinds of explanations about how she had to vote for Jack to leave to protect Jess.
• Hmm. They don't realize that Tommy also voted for Jack to go? Hmm.
• Tommy told them that he was going to talk to everyone before making a decision.
• Then he went and told a slew of them that they were safe. One by one, but …!
• Of course, Christie is safe. But we all knew that. (She won't necessarily be safe if she ends up being the third nomination. But would the votes be there to get her out? Possibly not, but it would be an awakening for her!)
• He told Holly, Analyse and Jackson that he wouldn't put them on the block.
• Jackson offered to be a pawn, would rather not, but if needed.
• Tommy told him he'd be reluctant to do that because it's risky.
• Tommy also told Jackson that he has a target, but won't tell anyone who it is because he doesn't trust anyone. Hmm.
• He told Jackson that he's not planning on putting any of the Six Shooters (or Faulty Five in my mind now) on the block.
• That's not a surprise to me. Are you shocked?
• For some reason, Nick hung out with Nicole a lot. He told her he threw the comp even. What's he up to? I thought he'd be flirting with Tommy!
• Analyse and Christie talked about what a big threat Cliff is in the game and how he needs to be backdoored.
• It seems that, although Holly once referred to the Jack/Analyse relationship as "not a showmance, just two people having sex" Analyse might still be carrying the torch for Jack. She told Christie that if she was HoH, she'd put Holly and Jackson on the block … and then backdoor Cliff.
• Christie and Analyse said that, due to the big move she made, if Jess gets to the end, she has their vote for the win.
• We'll see about that!
• In Tommy's HOH room, he got pictures which included his aunt … Christie's ex. 
• All continued in Kumbaya mode for Tommy's birthday cake and celebration. Note that there are no Have Nots this week. Perhaps it's due to not wanting to take action about Jackson's cheating.
• Tommy and Christie talked alone for a while. He knows that Christie has a bit of a soft spot for Nicole and he himself seems to like her. He told Christie that although he's targeting three of the bunch, he won't be putting up Nicole.
• Phew!
• C'mon, Nicole! I personally like you the best, but you need to WIN something!
• Ahem. That was just me. Carry on.
• Tommy told Christie his target is Kat. I thought he said he wasn't going to tell anyone?
• He's thinking of Kat and Cliff on the block and even saving Cliff if he wins veto.
• He might put up Nicole in his place as a pawn just to make sure Kat goes.
• NONONO! Tommy! Don't put her up as anything!
• Ahem. Just me again.
• He is getting increasingly worried that people will tie him and Christie together. He told her he voted for Jack to to go mainly to show they weren't working together -- it would be obvious that Christie and Analyse were the two votes to keep Jack.
• Tommy also told Christie that he thinks Nick is building an "army" and trying to align with Jess and others.
• I guess he's not falling for Nick's flirting.
• Cliff talked to Tommy, trying to go for his safety. He told him that he had promised Jess before Jack tried to deal with him. Plus, he never did nor would he put Christie or Tommy on the block.
• What? He's tying Christie and Tommy together?!?! But, no one knows about that!
• Heh.
• Tommy ended up telling Cliff that if he does put him on the block, it would be as a pawn.
• Kat talked to Tommy. He did not tell her she was his target. I don't think she changed his mind, though.
• Well, well, well. Y'see, Nick told Nicole that Tommy said the nominations would be Kat and Cliff. Nicole went and told Tommy that she heard it. Tommy now knows that Nick repeated something he said in confidence to Nick. Heehee! 
• Of course, Nick is angry that Nicole told. But Nicole and Nick have never been close. He just tried to worm his way in with her like he does all over the house.
• Tommy told Nick she didn't do it maliciously.
• Tommy also offered Nicole room in the HoH bed for the night. He told her he loves her and her zest for the game.
• She turned him down on the bed offer.
• But I do think she's safe this week.
• Kat, perhaps not so much.

Will Nick's flirting with Tommy save him?

Who wants to see a photo of my aunt?

Third nom this week would be okay, right?

First and worst HoH costume